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Patented Feb. 21, 1888.

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PATENT ANDREXV F. FOANS, OF NEWEZORK, N. Y.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 378,198, dated February 21, 1888.

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To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW F. FoANs, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Sign, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my new and improved sign. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the some, the back board being removed; and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional elevation of the same, taken on the line a: ac of Fig. 1.

My invention consists of a sign wherein the letters are each attached to a bent and counterweighted rod journaled in a board or other support, so that the motion, jar, or tremble of a car, stage, or other public conveyance will set the letters in motion to attract public attention.

A represents the main frame ofthe sign, in which is fitted the support B, a short distance back of the glass front 0. The letters D of the sign are held in front of the support B by the bent rods E E, one for each letter. The rods Earejournaled in small holes a, made in the support B, and said rods are each bent,

downward back of the supportB and counterweighted at their lower ends by weights 6. (Shown in Figs. 2 and 3.) The wiresE, where they pass through the support 13, are bent to form the horizontal portions 0, and in front of this said wires are bent downward to form small cranks d, to which the letters are at I tached, so that any movement of the rods E will swing the letters bodily, as indicated in dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2. In the holes a are fitted small metal tubes f, which serve as 0 metal bearings for the rods E, and also serve to swing the letters D and weights b clear of the surfaces of the support 13.

Having thus fully described my invention, I

Patent- 1. In a sign, the combination, with a support, B, of the bent counterweighted rods E, journaled in the support, and to which the the purposes described.

2. The sign herein shown and described, the same consisting of the support B, letters D, and rods E, journaled in said support, one end being bent to form a crank, d, to which the letter is attached, substantially as described.

3. In a sign, the rods E, counterweighted at one end and bent to form the horizontal and support B, in which the rods are jour naled, substantially as shown and described.

4. In a sign, the support 13, formed with.

orifices a, in which are fitted the tubes f, in

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters 5 letters are attached, substantially as and for of each rod being counterweighted, the other portion 0, in combination with the letters D 50 combination with the bent and counter- 

